Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Saturday, March 7, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 22–14.
Mark Messier scored twice and Jari Kurri scored twice. Mike Mcphee, Brian Skrudland, Ryan Walter and Jaroslav Pouzar also scored.
Andy Moog made 11 saves on 14 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (31)Kent Nilsson (36), Craig Muni (20)0–100:41 EDM
Mike Mcphee (12)Craig Ludwig (6), Larry Robinson (32)1–104:51 MTL
Brian Skrudland (10)Mike Mcphee (18)2–105:02 MTL
Jari Kurri (45)Wayne Gretzky (103), Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)2–205:33 EDM
2nd period
- Jari Kurri (46)Wayne Gretzky (104)2–302:43 EDM
Ryan Walter (15)Chris Chelios (27), Sergio Momesso (15)3–310:31 MTL
Jaroslav Pouzar (2)Mike Krushelnyski (29), Kevin Lowe (27)3–411:09 EDM
3rd period
- Mark Messier (32)Paul Coffey (40)3–518:58 EDM · ·
Team stats
MTLEDM
1422
0%0%
0/40/5
4136
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min - 2:38 into the first period
Claude Lemieux · roughing2 min - 3:26 into the first periodMike Krushelnyski · high sticking2 min
- 3:26 into the first periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 7:03 into the first periodSergio Momesso · high sticking5 min
- 11:33 into the first periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
- 11:33 into the first periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
- 13:33 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 15:26 into the first periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 15:26 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 17:28 into the first periodChris Nilan · slashing2 min
- 3:16 into the second periodBench · abusive language2 min
- 8:28 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · high sticking2 min
- 12:43 into the second periodBobby Smith · cross checking2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodJaroslav Pouzar · holding2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 18:34 into the second periodMarty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 18:34 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 18:34 into the second periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 13:05 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · hooking2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodMarty McSorley · charging2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 14 | 3 | .786 |